THE RCC WEEKLY
Issue 36
November 15, 2012
RCC PARTICIPATES IN THE
HUMANITIES ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE
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participant in the Community
College Humanities Association
(CCHA) Conference held November 15-17th at Le
Meridian-MIT Hotel in Cambridge. On Thursday,
Professor Rhonda Gray conducted a tour of the Black
Heritage Trail for out-of-town conference attendees. Dr.
Brenda Mercomes will introduce noted scholar
Dr. Marjorie Garber, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor
of English and of Visual Environmental Studies at
Harvard University. Dr. Linda Turner will welcome
conference attendees to Boston and Cambridge on
Saturday.
David Updike and Mekonnen Meshesha are attending
the conference. Miguel Coren, IT, is providing technical
support for the conference workshops. Library Director,
Mark Lawrence, arranged for the College to donate the
use of three projectors for
the duration
conference.
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CCHA was founded in 1979
to promote the study of
the humanities in two-year
colleges. The only
association in the country
with that mission, they
hold a conference in the
Northeast every three or
four years.
Visit the conference
website at www.ccha-
MARK YOUR
CALENDAR
NEW CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE
ARTICULATION
RCC has just signed a new articulation
agreement with Cambridge College. The
exciting benefit is that Cambridge College will
accept all of our Associate of Arts Degree
programs when our students transfer.
Visit the Cambridge College website at
www.cambridgecollege.edu
DORCHSTER HISTORICAL
SOCIETY PROGRAM
For those of you who
remember Boston's
Elevated Orange Line,
the Dorchester
Historical Society, 195
Boston Street, will
offer a lecture and a
film on Boston's
Elevated Subway. The
program will be offered on Sunday, November 18 th at
2:00p.m. For more information, go the Society's website:
www.dorchesterhistoricalsociety.org
Watch the 28-minute video "Conservation of
Matter: The Fall and Rise of Boston's Elevated
Subway": vimeo.com/14479121
assoc.org/eastern.html
November 22: Thanksgiving
November 29: Faculty Meeting with
VP Mercomes
November 29: RCC Basketball Home
Games
December 13: Deadline to submit
proposal for TLSD Conference
Did you know . . . steel from the Orange Line was
used to build the Roosevelt Bridge in Arizona. It spans
1,080 feet across the lake and is the longest two-lane
single-span steel-arch bridge in North America.
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RCC PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH
As the Search Committee for the new President
of RCC moves forward, we are seeking input
from various sectors of the college community.
Please attend one of the brief open meetings
listed below to share your unique perspectives
and suggestions so that we can use this critical
information as we begin the important task of
choosing the best candidates for the position.
Constituent Questions and Answers Sessions:
What do you believe the next President of RCC needs to
accomplish will take place on:
* Tuesday, November 20, 8:30am - 9:30am
Academic Building #3, Faculty Lounge (Room 424)
* Wednesday, November 28, 5pm -7pm
Student Center Building #4, Old Cafeteria (2nd Floor)
Each speaker is asked to limit his/her oral comments to
no more than two minutes to allow the greatest number
of people to comment. In addition, constituents are
requested to submit written testimony to the committee.
For more information contact Shelly Johnson-Payne at
(617) 541-5304, sjohnson@rcc.mass.edu
RCC STUDENT IN FINAL 5
Because of your votes and show of support, we are happy to
announce that Broadcast Media Technology student Tashanea
Whitlow has been named as one of the top 5 finalists in The
Rhode Show's Search For a Star. The finalists will continue to
compete to be the next co host of The Rhode Show. Let's
continue to show her our support as she works on attaining her career goals in Broadcasting!
Find out more at www.wpri.com/dpp/rhode show/search for a star/finalists/sfas-top-5-finalists-announced
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GO TIGERS!
RCC's track team is one of the most
dominant in the region - we have
the national champion in the 100m
and 200m among Community
Colleges and we have some of the
best runners in the region.
Please come by the Reggie Lewis Center gymnasium and
support your student-athletes for their home games and
events. They are a great group of young men and women!
Upcoming Basketball Home Games
Thursday, 11/29
6pm— RCC Women Vs. Bristol*
8pm— RCC Men Vs. Bristol*
* BNN Televised Games
Thursday, 12/6
6pm— RCC Women Vs. Northern Essex
8pm— RCC Men Vs. Northern Essex
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